Welcome

• Introductions
• Hashtag: #ctlt12

What and Why of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)?

• F2F connections around the world while you're still in your pajamas
• 24/7 professional development
• sharing reflective teaching with a global audience
• collaborative networking

Twitter is

• Web 2.0
• Free
• Social networking
• Sending and receiving
• Instant messaging
• Microblogging
• 140 characters (key strokes)
• via computers and mobile devices

Why Twitter?

• Stimulating discussions
• New resources
• Ongoing supportive network

Twerminology

• Tweets - posts, updates
• Follower - a Twitter user subscribing to your posts
• Tweeple - Twitter people, members, users
• Tweeps - followers
• Tweet-back - referring to a previous conversation in a new Tweet
• Tweet-up - Tweeple meeting F2F
• Twitosphere - community of Tweeple
• Retweet - Tweeting someone's Tweet to your network